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Bak Man Biu(1921–2007) was a veteran
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
actor best known for his role as the Patriatch Lok Fai in the TVB drama '' A House Is Not A Home'' (1977).


Career

Born as Chew Hong Fook in 1921, during the 1940s, Bak was involved in Cantonese Opera until the 1950s. During the 1950s, he joined the world of Chinese cinema, directing films and collaborating with the legendary director
Li Han Hsiang Richard Li Han-hsiang (; 7 March 1926 in Jinxi, Liaoning – 17 December 1996 in Beijing) was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s. His '' The Enchanting Shadow' ...
. Bak has acted in many films ever since the 1950s till his retirement in 1996. Bak is considerably one of the best veteran actors in the industry, and is versatile in any roles he plays. He is perhaps best known as the Patriatch Lok Fai in A House Is Not a Home which became a TVB classic. Bak has also cooperated with many leading TVB actors and actresses then including
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. Bak Man Biu died in 2007 at Manhattan, New York, aged 86.


Filmography

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biu, Bak Man 1921 births 20th-century Hong Kong male actors 2007 deaths Hong Kong people Hong Kong male actors 20th-century Hong Kong people